Golf accessory kit



Nov. 6, 1962 L. w. LORD 3,062,422

GOLF ACCESSORY KIT Filed Jan. 19, 1959 Lesi'er' WLOI'd INVENTOR.

United States Patent Ofltice 3,062,422 Ifatented Nov. 6, 1952 3,062,422GOLF ACCESSQRY KIT Lester W. Lord, Tacoma, Wash. (7753 Beer Trail Road,Yucca Valley, Calif.) Filed Jan. 19, 1959, Ser. No. 787,469 1 Claim.(Cl. 22429) This invention pertains to golf accessory kits includingmeans for carrying around a golf course such items as golf tees, scorecards,, pencils, and golf ball washing equipment.

As is well known to golfers, the only golf ball cleaning equipmentavailable on the usual golf course is fixedly mounted adjacent the tees.Even such equipment is usually removed from the course during freezingweather and hence is not available. Also, it often is desirable to cleana golf ball on the greens and in other locations which are some distanceaway from the stationary ballwashing locations.

Accordingly it is the general object of the present invention to providea portable golf ball washing kit which can be carried about readily bythe golfer as he makes the rounds on a golf course and which alsoprovides a convenient means of carrying about the usual golfingaccessories such as golf tees, score cards, pencils, and miscellaneouspersonal items such as watches, coin purses, etc.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the golf accessory kit of my invention with thelid partly broken away to show the interior construction;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 22 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a detail view illustrating a means of securing the hereindescribed kit to the handle of a golf cart.

As is apparent from the drawings, the portable golf kit of my inventionis housed in a box which preferably is generally rectangular in shapeand made of plastic or other suitable structural material. It is dividedinto a plurality of compartments, such as compartments 12, 14, 16 bysuitably disposed partitions, such as partitions 18, 20.

The bottom of the box may be formed with a pair of spaced, parallelslits 22 and with spaced perforations 24. Its upper margin has spacedprojections 26. A book 28 may be afiixed to a side wall of the box forattaching the golfers towel thereto.

A lid 30 overlies the box. It is formed with one or more circularopenings 32 having tapered side walls which form bearing surfacesagainst which a golf ball may be pressed, but without entering fully thecompartment beneath.

Lid 30 also is formed with a row of spaced perforations 32a each ofwhich registers with one of perforations 24, immediately below and ofslightly restricted diameter as compared with overlying perforations32a.

Ribs 36, 38 in top 30 receive the upper edges of partitions 18, 20respectively and thus seal off compartments 12, 14 fro-m each other andfrom compartment 16. A first spring clip 40 and an overlying spring clip42 are fastened to the lid by a common rivet 44. A finger hold 46preferably extends from one of the downturned margins of the lid.

Compartments 12, 14 may be used to contain sponges 47, 48, respectively.These, when moistened and charged with a detergent may be used to cleana golf ball inserted in one of openings 32. If desired, one of thesesponges may contain water and detergent and the other water only. In thealternative, both may be charged with detergent, which thereafter may bewiped off the ball with the golfers towel.

Compartment 16 may be used to hold various items which are convenient tohave along such as a watch, matches, spare score cards, spare golf tees,cosmetics and the like.

Spring clip 40 holds the score card being used, while clip 42 retains apencil.

Various means may be employed to hold lid 30 on box 10. Thus the lid maybe provided with recesses 50 which register with projections 26 on theside walls of box 10, the lid then being dimensioned for a snap fit overthe box. Also, perforations 32a and the registering perforations 24, maybe used to seat golf tees 52 which wedge into perforations 24, therebyholding the cover in place.

Although the kit may be carried in the pocket, it is preferred to attachit to a golf bag or to the handle 54 of a golf cart. In the form of theinvention illustrated in FIG. 1, the means employed for this purposecomprise slots 22 through which a strap, not illustrated, may bethreaded. The strap then may be buckled or snapped about the bag.

In the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, spring clips56 are riveted to the bottom of the box and used to mount the kit on thegolf cart handle.

Thus it will be apparent that by this invention I have provided a golfaccessory kit which can easily be carried about a golf course and whichcontains all of the accessories usually needed to play the game. Inaddition, it affords convenient means for cleaning a golf ball inlocations where a stationary ball cleaner is not available. Stillfurther, it provides a handy receptacle for storing miscellaneous itemswhile still permitting ready access to the ball cleaning units of thekit.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown anddescribed, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to, without departing from the spirit of my invention, or thescope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A golf accessory kit comprising a compartmented box having an open top,a lid on the box removably covering the open top of the latter, the lidhaving a plurality of openings therein freely receiving the stem sectionof golf ball tees therethrough with the teeheads in engagement with thelid, the bottom of the box having a plurality of openings each of whichis aligned with one of the openings in the lid and each of whichreceives and frictionally retains therein a portion of the tee shank,whereby to retain the lid removably on the box.

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